Paccar recall affects about 221K trucks
The recall pertains to electrical noise disrupting the EC80 power line carrier communication system, which may also experience low signal strength, as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Chinese companies are making significant strides in the electric truck market, raising questions about whether they could surpass American manufacturers, especially as U.S. companies struggle with challenges like diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) systems.
China’s dominance in the electric vehicle (EV)...
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/opportunities-abound-women-trucking
Trucking provides women with career opportunities that allow them to chart successful paths, but consideration must be given to challenges they face, experts said at an industry conference.
During her 20-year career at UPS...
The leadership and ownership changes follow a report by The Wall Street Journal report last month that TuSimple and its leadership faced investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the SEC and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. — a national-security panel known as Cfius —...
Jimmy Carter deregulated the trucking industry in 1980. The Teamsters Union went from 2 million truckers to now only 75k. Non-union trucking companies pay shitty wages & can't keep drivers. That's why we have a trucker shortage, & why your grocery stores have empty shelves.
A high school in California is now training teens to enter the industry through its truck driving school program.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045463623/high-schoolers-are-training-to-drive-18-wheelers-amid-a-shortage-of-truck-driver
U.K. Offers Thousands of Visas to Foreign Truckers to Ease Driver Shortage
The move reflects growing alarm within the government about a disruption to supplies that has prompted panic buying and, in some cases, caused fuel to run out at gas stations.
LONDON — Responding to an escalating...
What's your favorite trucking Gadget?
I'll go first. My New Rand McNally GPS. I didn't think i would be as impressed with it at first , but over time it really has made up for the hefty price.